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for years, lance armstrong cheated, lance armstrong lied. but last night in big public fashion he came clean. in a gripping, surreal interview with oprah, he told oprah point blank he doped to win each of his seven consecutive tour de france titles. he systematically died about doping and ruthlessly attacked his accusers. the 90-minute interview began by cutting to the chase. simple yes or no questions. >> let's start with the questions that people around the world have been waiting for you to answer and for now i'd just like a yes or a no. >> okay. >> okay? this whole conversation, we have a lot of time, will be about the details. yes or no? did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performances? >> yes. >> was one of those banned substances epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you ever use any other banned substances, like testosterone, cortizone, or human growth hormone? >> yes. >> yes or no. in all seven of your tour de france victories, di
for years, lance armstrong cheated, lance armstrong lied. but last night in big public fashion he came clean. in a gripping, surreal interview with oprah, he told oprah point blank he doped to win each of his seven consecutive tour de france titles. he systematically died about doping and ruthlessly attacked his accusers. the 90-minute interview began by cutting to the chase. simple yes or no questions. >> let's start with the questions that people around the world have been waiting for...
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i've spoken to people close to lance armstrong. they said that's the primary reason for coming forward, is that he wants to be a competitive triathlete. all of those events are controlled by usada. yet, usada has said, if you want to come back in, you need to actually admit that that our 15 years of research into your past, you need to admit that the people who testified under oath that you bullied them, you need to say that's true. he actually, instead of that, he drew a line last night with oprah winfrey and said, no, it's not true. i did not bully people into doing anything they didn't want to do. i may have bullied people who accused me of things, which doesn't make him very sympathetic, but i didn't do anything in terms of facilitating doping in cycling. i think that's what's going to trip him up going forward. >> all right. stick around. we're going to come back a little later in the program and talk to you about the manti te'o hoax. thanks. >>> other news overseas in north africa. we're learning more details about the hostag
i've spoken to people close to lance armstrong. they said that's the primary reason for coming forward, is that he wants to be a competitive triathlete. all of those events are controlled by usada. yet, usada has said, if you want to come back in, you need to actually admit that that our 15 years of research into your past, you need to admit that the people who testified under oath that you bullied them, you need to say that's true. he actually, instead of that, he drew a line last night with...
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lance armstrong won seven tour de france titles. the reason why none of his been stripped of those titles that have not been given to the second place finishers in each of those seven races, the second place finishers have also been found to be using performance enhancing drugs. if you look at the top 10 finishers at each of his seven wins, 48 of 70 have been documented of having using performance and having drugs. -- performance enhancing drugs. cycling, most of the doping has to do with increasing the oxygenation of your blood, increasing your lung capacity. if as many people died in the nfl -- which has been under scrutiny -- as have died in cycling in the past 20 years, there would be weekly hearings on capitol hill. it is an incredibly dangerous and taxing sport. cyclist talk about drug use as if it is survival. all that being said, the answer is not to dope your body. the answer is the reformation of the sport, tried to make the course is safer, unionize in the cycle so they have a collective voice. lance armstrong has, striki
lance armstrong won seven tour de france titles. the reason why none of his been stripped of those titles that have not been given to the second place finishers in each of those seven races, the second place finishers have also been found to be using performance enhancing drugs. if you look at the top 10 finishers at each of his seven wins, 48 of 70 have been documented of having using performance and having drugs. -- performance enhancing drugs. cycling, most of the doping has to do with...
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for lance armstrong i really doubt it. >> thanks to all of you. we appreciate it. >>> still to come, one american hostage dead in algeria tonight, but some americans have escaped, and one of them talks to cnn. >>> plus, the president has made gun control a priority. but fewer than half of americans of actually approve of what he's doing. the bottom line, is the nra winning the gun debate. >> and the artistic director of the most famous ballet in the world has been attacked with acid. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. that make kids happy. and even fewer that make moms happy too. with wholesome noodles and bite sized chicken, nothing brings you together like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. excuse me, sir
for lance armstrong i really doubt it. >> thanks to all of you. we appreciate it. >>> still to come, one american hostage dead in algeria tonight, but some americans have escaped, and one of them talks to cnn. >>> plus, the president has made gun control a priority. but fewer than half of americans of actually approve of what he's doing. the bottom line, is the nra winning the gun debate. >> and the artistic director of the most famous ballet in the world has been...
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so let me have your reaction to the armstrong interview. >> you know, i feel like lance armstrong gave us about 80% of what we wanted. 80% of the truth. and 80% of an apology. and i think people want 800% of an apology. you know, sadly when somebody goes through these, i call them catharsis interviews, we want them splayed out, we want them crying, and i didn't feel that. lance was extraordinarily in control, extraordinarily composed, very well prepared. i wanted a little more humanity. i wanted a little more emotion. and to me the most important question is when oprah said why now, which we all knew she would ask, he didn't have an answer. and i wanted him to say, you know, i look in the mirror in the morning, it's hard to live with myself. i have to hold my kids and know i'm a liar. didn't hear that, didn't go far enough, and i don't think it's helping anything right now. >> yeah, the headline in the "new york times" was for armstrong a confession without an explanation. oprah also asked armstrong about his former masseuse. she says armstrong tried to, quote, make her life a living h
so let me have your reaction to the armstrong interview. >> you know, i feel like lance armstrong gave us about 80% of what we wanted. 80% of the truth. and 80% of an apology. and i think people want 800% of an apology. you know, sadly when somebody goes through these, i call them catharsis interviews, we want them splayed out, we want them crying, and i didn't feel that. lance was extraordinarily in control, extraordinarily composed, very well prepared. i wanted a little more humanity. i...
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very telling statement there from lance armstrong. jim gray joins me now, sports doctor and fox news contributor. and keith ablow, doctor and member of the fox medical team. what i'm particularly interested in right now is the larger culture of our society that we demand this. we demand people to breakthrough these barriers. we start with kid when they are very little, competing in sports, spending hours and hours every weekend competing in different things. how much of that contributes, do you think, dr. keith ablow let me start with you, to the culture that creates a lance armstrong that need to win-at-all-costs and te'o manti as well? >> i'd say very little. because in fact our culture is one that gives ribbons to kids when they don't win. if anything i believe -- martha: that only lasts nor a few years in grade school then it gets quite a bit more cut throat after that. >> i guess that is true. you know what we have to go back to grade school for this. the kind of thing that creates a lance armstrong, or a te'o manti for different
very telling statement there from lance armstrong. jim gray joins me now, sports doctor and fox news contributor. and keith ablow, doctor and member of the fox medical team. what i'm particularly interested in right now is the larger culture of our society that we demand this. we demand people to breakthrough these barriers. we start with kid when they are very little, competing in sports, spending hours and hours every weekend competing in different things. how much of that contributes, do you...
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lance armstrong opens up to oprah winfrey about doping. she says he comes clean in an unexpected way. a new wonder material is said to change your world forever. we will show you what it looks like. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. syrian students turned up at the university of aleppo today ready for the first day of exams. what they got instead was two massive explosions. twin blasts rocked the school, killing at least 80 people. rebel forces as the government bombed the campus deliberately. from neighboring turkey, james reynolds reports. >> the university of aleppo was thought to be one of the last safe places in syria of's largest city. but two explosions changed that. these pictures were filmed just after the blasts. the side of this building was blown away. the university was home to both students and ordinary people who had taken refuge from fighting elsewhere in aleppo. the browns are in an area of grounds nt control -- brow are in an area under government control, but activists say it wa
lance armstrong opens up to oprah winfrey about doping. she says he comes clean in an unexpected way. a new wonder material is said to change your world forever. we will show you what it looks like. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. syrian students turned up at the university of aleppo today ready for the first day of exams. what they got instead was two massive explosions. twin blasts rocked the school, killing at least 80 people. rebel forces as the...
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a fearful lance armstrong. expect to hear lots of i'm sorries. many are saying, yeah, right. armstrong is just coming clean because he wants to qualify for competitions in the if you want the "l.a. times" dubbed it the tour de fraud. but oprah on cbs this morning defended the interview. >> i feel that he answered the questions in a way that he was ready. i didn't get all the questions asked, but i think the most important questions and the answers that people asht world have been waiting to hear were answered and certainly answered -- i can only say i was satisfied by the answer. >> oprah said in terms xf possess sur exposure, it is the biggest interview for lance ashe's ever. our talk back question, can lance armstrong redeem himself. >>> he's vowing to help stop gun violence in america even if he has to act on his own. but president obama's vow is angering at least one member of congress. he's threatening impeachment. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i fig
a fearful lance armstrong. expect to hear lots of i'm sorries. many are saying, yeah, right. armstrong is just coming clean because he wants to qualify for competitions in the if you want the "l.a. times" dubbed it the tour de fraud. but oprah on cbs this morning defended the interview. >> i feel that he answered the questions in a way that he was ready. i didn't get all the questions asked, but i think the most important questions and the answers that people asht world have...
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we report on that story. >> lance armstrong denied it for years. adamantly. >> i have never doped. >> i have never taken performance enhancing drugs. >> now he is coming clean. >> in an interview with oprah winfrey that will air on her network he confesses to doping. today, winfrey said the interview was difficult. >> he did not come clean in the manner i expected. >> was he contrite? >> she would not say. >> i felt he was thoughtful. he was serious. >> armstrong was a legend for the success on the road and in the fight against cancer but the legacy towns -- turns to ruin after an extensive report by the antidoping agency stripped of the seven tour de france titles and banned from the sport for life. one teammate and former friend, one of the first publicly accuse him of doping. >> he admitted to doping is a very good first step but it has to be followed up. >> that is the key question. will armstrong name names? cycling reporter said armstrong said in july he would never confess and now he wondered what prompted the change? >> lance armstrong has
we report on that story. >> lance armstrong denied it for years. adamantly. >> i have never doped. >> i have never taken performance enhancing drugs. >> now he is coming clean. >> in an interview with oprah winfrey that will air on her network he confesses to doping. today, winfrey said the interview was difficult. >> he did not come clean in the manner i expected. >> was he contrite? >> she would not say. >> i felt he was thoughtful. he was...
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last answer, what's the future for lance armstrong? >> i don't see much of a future in sports. i don't know how you can come back from in. perhaps a glimmer of hopes of redemption you look at roger federer and serenia williams they're embarrassed what it's done sport and looked at a different microscope and all the clean athletes now have to suffer. and perhaps phil knight of nike had a glimmer of hope, when he said never say never. you never want to say never, but i would not think that he would have any kind of a future at all in sports. >> great discussion, thanks so much for being with us. >> glad to be here. >> thank you, jamie. >> kelly: thanks, jamie. a new warning on our nation's federal spending and raising serious concerns, saying the nation is on an unsustainable fiscal path and what steps need to be taken to prevent a financial crisis. and do this toy look dangerous to you? why one school thought it was reasonable to suspend a five-year-old girl for making terrorist threats with this bubble gun. >> i know they're trying to, i guess, ban down on stuff like that at sc
last answer, what's the future for lance armstrong? >> i don't see much of a future in sports. i don't know how you can come back from in. perhaps a glimmer of hopes of redemption you look at roger federer and serenia williams they're embarrassed what it's done sport and looked at a different microscope and all the clean athletes now have to suffer. and perhaps phil knight of nike had a glimmer of hope, when he said never say never. you never want to say never, but i would not think that...
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and i would say really only lance armstrong knows. one is that powerful, powerful denial can be employed when someone is afraid of being found out, doesn't want to admit to themselves that they've done something terribly, terribly wrong, and so denial can reach almost psychotic proportions where you just convince yourselves that what you're doing is right and in that case, lying. the other possibility is that you're sociopathic, that you don't feel guilt, you are not concerned about those you might be hurting. you feel justified to get what you want and you're really not concerned about the consequence and so manipulatively you will do whatever you need to do. for instance, in this case it would be fame and money. >> and, gail, it's one of those things that people are looking at this and it's not just that he denied it for so long. it was this position that he took of how dare you even question me. he went so much further than denying it. he went on the attack. you said it could be a defense mechanism. is it a coping mechanism. he kne
and i would say really only lance armstrong knows. one is that powerful, powerful denial can be employed when someone is afraid of being found out, doesn't want to admit to themselves that they've done something terribly, terribly wrong, and so denial can reach almost psychotic proportions where you just convince yourselves that what you're doing is right and in that case, lying. the other possibility is that you're sociopathic, that you don't feel guilt, you are not concerned about those you...
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. >> reporter: lance armstrong was emotional but not tearful. apologetic but not contrite. in an exclusive interview on own, armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey what had long been been suspected. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: he said he started doping in the mid-'90s before he had cancer. the cocktail was the blood buster epo, transfusions and testosterone all banned and denied by him for years until this interview. >> it's too late for probably most people. and that's my fault. you know, i view this situation as one big lie. that i repeated a lot of times. >> reporter: a lie that over the 90-minute program he made clear was contrary to his real attitude about doping. >> did it feel wrong? >> at the time? >> uh-huh. >> no. >> it did not even feel wrong? >> no. scary. >> did you feel bad about it? >> no. even scarier. >> did you feel in any way that you were cheating? >> no. the scariest. >> reporter: performance-enhancing drugs, he said, were part of the sport like air in the rider's
. >> reporter: lance armstrong was emotional but not tearful. apologetic but not contrite. in an exclusive interview on own, armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey what had long been been suspected. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: he said he started doping in the mid-'90s before he had cancer. the cocktail was the blood buster epo, transfusions and testosterone all banned and denied by...
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i say look at this arrogant prick. >> brian: that's lance armstrong on lance armstrong. it was unthinkable because for so many years, he used to scream at people and be accusational to those when said he's cheating. he would sue them. last night he said he did not win one single race without blood doping. also indicated upon further review that he thinks everybody is doing it. it doesn't go under the category of cheating if cheating gives you an advantage. if you look at the 17 of the last 33 winners, they all failed drug tests. so lance was able to rationalize, and i saw rick reilly from sports ill astronauted, now espn, who interviewed him so many times over the last few years and he said he won't even take lance's calls because he was going to bat for him and he was somebody who said, over and over again, i never cheated. and he just said that this last night was about him rationalizing. not really apologizing. so very little emotion. i only saw him emotional when he talked about his mom. >> steve: the good thing is, for all those people who said he's doping and he th
i say look at this arrogant prick. >> brian: that's lance armstrong on lance armstrong. it was unthinkable because for so many years, he used to scream at people and be accusational to those when said he's cheating. he would sue them. last night he said he did not win one single race without blood doping. also indicated upon further review that he thinks everybody is doing it. it doesn't go under the category of cheating if cheating gives you an advantage. if you look at the 17 of the...
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. >> lance armstrong has already been stripped of his titles and reputation. he is sitting down to chat with oprah winfrey. she is not revealing what he said about allegations that he routinely used performance enhancing drugs, but she did say that he did not come clean and perhaps the way she expected. >> lance armstrong sitting down with oprah for the biggest interview of her career and possibly the most difficult of his. the what he said about taking drugs remains unclear, despite widespread reports that he confessed to doping. >> i would say that he did not come clean in a manner that i expected. it was surprising to me. for myself, my team, all of us in the room, we were mesmerized. >> and when pressed on whether he appeared contrite, oprah urged viewers to make up their own minds. >> i choose not to characterize. i would rather people make their own decisions about whether he was contrite or not. i felt that he was awful. i thought that he was serious. i -- i felt that he was thoughtful. i thought that he was serious. he certainly had prepared himself fo
. >> lance armstrong has already been stripped of his titles and reputation. he is sitting down to chat with oprah winfrey. she is not revealing what he said about allegations that he routinely used performance enhancing drugs, but she did say that he did not come clean and perhaps the way she expected. >> lance armstrong sitting down with oprah for the biggest interview of her career and possibly the most difficult of his. the what he said about taking drugs remains unclear,...
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night, rather critical of lance armstrong. but tonight's portion of the interview seems to be ready to touch on a much more complex and delicate part of his relationship, with cancer survivors and the livestrong foundation. and that will be a rather interesting part of this to watch. many people who have applauded lance armstrong for what he's done in this area, this humanitarian area for more than a decade, applaud him. but there are many critics who say he's used this to kind of help his public image. just after the u.s. anti-doping agency released its reason decision report last october condemning lance armstrong as a doper, the cycling icon made his first public appearance in one of the few safe places he had left. armstrong had just stepped down as the chairman of livestrong days before the foundation's annual ride for the roses charity biking event in austin, texas. he was surrounded by more than 4,000 cyclists, many of them cancer survivors. >> obviously it's been an interesting and as i said the other night, at times v
night, rather critical of lance armstrong. but tonight's portion of the interview seems to be ready to touch on a much more complex and delicate part of his relationship, with cancer survivors and the livestrong foundation. and that will be a rather interesting part of this to watch. many people who have applauded lance armstrong for what he's done in this area, this humanitarian area for more than a decade, applaud him. but there are many critics who say he's used this to kind of help his...
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armstrong versus cancer, we had lance armstrong versus everyone in the tour de france, but lance armstrong versus the truth, that is -- that's one that he really couldn't win in the end, and we lost a lot of faith over the years. this is 15 years old for all of us that have known the truth all along. and we really began to wonder if this day would ever come. >> well, i wondered when you talk about lance armstrong, you also talk about lance armstrong versus himself, and i wonder, he has this reputation, can he build himself back up, or has he threatened and intimidated so many people here that there's really no road to redemption for him? >> well, part of what i think is going to happen on oprah, i don't think that we're going to get a lance armstrong who is -- there's not going to be sobbing. he is going to try to justify much of what he did. i don't know what a partial confession is, but that's -- that's something that we'll just have to see here. but the nice thing about what is happening is that we can -- this is really the beginning in a sense, that now the story can start to accelerat
armstrong versus cancer, we had lance armstrong versus everyone in the tour de france, but lance armstrong versus the truth, that is -- that's one that he really couldn't win in the end, and we lost a lot of faith over the years. this is 15 years old for all of us that have known the truth all along. and we really began to wonder if this day would ever come. >> well, i wondered when you talk about lance armstrong, you also talk about lance armstrong versus himself, and i wonder, he has...
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what will the world here next from lance armstrong? -- hear next? a military operation at an algerian gas plant appears to be ongoing, three days after al qaeda-flynt fighters took hundreds of workers hostage. although more than six other people are reported to have been released, 30 foreign workers remain unaccounted for. algerian state media says 12 hostages have died. >> these and the people we were able to escape what may have been a terrifying experience for them, and relieved, they most certainly are. algerian television took these pictures, and it shows men, with praise for the algerian army, which took on the hostage crisis. >> the algerian army. >> i think they did a fantastic job. i am very impressed. >> my thoughts are with colleagues. >> still, the most reliable estimates are that dozens of hostages remain missing, unaccounted for, and a second operation has been undertaken by algerian forces to try to find an end. hopefully, it will be better than the first one, which ended in about 30 workers killed by troops, who apparently bombed it
what will the world here next from lance armstrong? -- hear next? a military operation at an algerian gas plant appears to be ongoing, three days after al qaeda-flynt fighters took hundreds of workers hostage. although more than six other people are reported to have been released, 30 foreign workers remain unaccounted for. algerian state media says 12 hostages have died. >> these and the people we were able to escape what may have been a terrifying experience for them, and relieved, they...
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i would have been too angry with lance armstrong. this is a man who lied, cheated, and kaund the world for a very long time but did it in a very malicious day. david walsh of the "sunday times" who exposed him time and again and lance armstrong sued him time and again. he won $1 million off the "sunday times" and now he's admitted that he drugged all the time, h he was a cheat. >> rose: we'll find tout tonight what he said. >> i think we can pretty well take it that's what he will say. you have this great it american icon, global icon, who was a cheat. i don't know about you, you like sport, and i like sport. i remember a cricket game, i was editing the "daily mirror." i like crickit. it's not the most popular sport in america, but i like it. i remember this game. it was a-- there was a surprising declaration by want south african captain which didn't make any sense, allowed england back into the game, international game, and we ended up winning it, and he had been very sporting and i personal lie wrote the lead article saluting this
i would have been too angry with lance armstrong. this is a man who lied, cheated, and kaund the world for a very long time but did it in a very malicious day. david walsh of the "sunday times" who exposed him time and again and lance armstrong sued him time and again. he won $1 million off the "sunday times" and now he's admitted that he drugged all the time, h he was a cheat. >> rose: we'll find tout tonight what he said. >> i think we can pretty well take it...
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. >> to the world of sports now, as expected, former cycling star lance armstrong has admitted to doping during his professional career. by doing so, he has potentially open himself up to a stream of litigation that could hurt him financially for years to come. >> the biggest question is weather the u.s. government will reopen its investigation of the cyclists -- whether the u.s. government will reopen its investigation. >> the second half of the interview will be broadcast later today. here's more. >> oprah winfrey did not waste any time demanding a simple answer to questions that lance armstrong had spent years dodging. >> yes or no -- did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no -- in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take let -- banned substances? >> yes. >> blood transfusions, testosterone, cortisone, human growth hormones -- lance armstrong admitted to using a range of methods and substances. he said he did not see himself as a cheat because it was part of cycling culture. >> i view the situation as one big lie
. >> to the world of sports now, as expected, former cycling star lance armstrong has admitted to doping during his professional career. by doing so, he has potentially open himself up to a stream of litigation that could hurt him financially for years to come. >> the biggest question is weather the u.s. government will reopen its investigation of the cyclists -- whether the u.s. government will reopen its investigation. >> the second half of the interview will be broadcast...
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. >> to the world of sports now, as expected, former cycling star lance armstrong has admitted to doping during his professional career. by doing so, he has potentially open himself up to a stream of litigation that could hurt him financially for years to come. >> the biggest question is weather the u.s. government will reopen its investigation of the cyclists -- whether the u.s. government will reopen its investigation. >> the second half of the interview will be broadcast later today. here's more. >> oprah winfrey did not waste any time demanding a simple answer to questions that lance armstrong had spent years dodging. >> yes or no -- did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no -- in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take let -- banned substances? >> yes. >> blood transfusions, testosterone, cortisone, human growth hormones -- lance armstrong admitted to using a range of methods and substances. he said he did not see himself as a cheat because it was part of cycling culture. >> i view the situation as one big lie
. >> to the world of sports now, as expected, former cycling star lance armstrong has admitted to doping during his professional career. by doing so, he has potentially open himself up to a stream of litigation that could hurt him financially for years to come. >> the biggest question is weather the u.s. government will reopen its investigation of the cyclists -- whether the u.s. government will reopen its investigation. >> the second half of the interview will be broadcast...
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a lance armstrong. i also feel there is an accountability by the legal advisers that he has. my opinion is they knew full well he was using performance-enhancing drugs and fraud when he filed the declarations as a part of the lawsuits. i don't know what is more damaging. is it the fact that he used the drugs and competing against other athletes or a cover up in the damage he caused to all those people there after. >> when you see where we are today with the possibility that he will be admitting doping, do you think he can redeem himself? >> the longer that you lie and carry on like this, as an example, marion jones lied for about an eight-year period. everyone remembers her crying and weeping. when i looked at marion, i saw her children and mother and i realized they didn't lie and cheat. they didn't do anything wrong, yet they suffered tremendously. i didn't think it through. i'm not so sure lance armstrong thought it through. it wasn't until i got into a prison camp and my members came to visit and i
a lance armstrong. i also feel there is an accountability by the legal advisers that he has. my opinion is they knew full well he was using performance-enhancing drugs and fraud when he filed the declarations as a part of the lawsuits. i don't know what is more damaging. is it the fact that he used the drugs and competing against other athletes or a cover up in the damage he caused to all those people there after. >> when you see where we are today with the possibility that he will be...
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laura, what do you think of lance armstrong? here he is, he cemented his record as the most notorious liar of the modern age. >> lance armstrong should get into politics. [ laughter ] the perfect profession for him. i'm a big cyclist. it's sad. it's not surprising, obviously. i think about his teammates, the guys who rode with him and how hard they work and how hard they train and i guess this is all the rage. >> gretchen: they can be on the list. they might be on the list now. who knows? >> did all of them dope? the saddest thing is that for kids, for whom lance armstrong really was the symbol of excellence and hard work and he survived cancer and all of that, it's sad for them. i think we adults kind of knew the writing was on the wall. aren't we a little tired of these confessions to oprah? can't we've moratorium on people who go to oprah to confess whatever everybody else knew they already had been guilty of? it all is part of the celebrity entertainment complex that we all have to endure every day. i think it's all pretty t
laura, what do you think of lance armstrong? here he is, he cemented his record as the most notorious liar of the modern age. >> lance armstrong should get into politics. [ laughter ] the perfect profession for him. i'm a big cyclist. it's sad. it's not surprising, obviously. i think about his teammates, the guys who rode with him and how hard they work and how hard they train and i guess this is all the rage. >> gretchen: they can be on the list. they might be on the list now. who...
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>> well, if you see now i'm a little uncomfortable lumping manti te'o with lance armstrong. i don't disagree with much of what anybody said about lance armstrong but maybe i'm a little gullible here but the more i'm reading about and trying to piece together this manti te'o situation, we have learned a few new things today. number one, his friend that set up this fake account supposedly and the fake girlfriend now called a church friend, a church friend talked to espn and said that he told her the church friend or him the church friend, i don't know if he's a he or she, he did this to multiple people. messed with them, had done it to manti te'o and manti te'o found out about it on december 6th. one of the theories that's been floating around is this started out as a hoax. te'o decided i'm going to ride this to get me the heisman trophy and consideration. >> right. >> if you accept the december 6th date, the balloting is done. >> he didn't lie after the girlfriend after that date. >> that's point two. accepting the timeline, it is coming in to focus and wasn't a heisman angle
>> well, if you see now i'm a little uncomfortable lumping manti te'o with lance armstrong. i don't disagree with much of what anybody said about lance armstrong but maybe i'm a little gullible here but the more i'm reading about and trying to piece together this manti te'o situation, we have learned a few new things today. number one, his friend that set up this fake account supposedly and the fake girlfriend now called a church friend, a church friend talked to espn and said that he...
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i never wore that bracelet because of lance armstrong. it was a very, very personal thing, and i always wore it as a remembrance of what danny was going through every day in his life that he could never escape cancer, and i always wanted to have it on my wrist so i would always remember his struggle. >> wow. thanks for sharing, but it just brings home that what lance armstrong did and what he represented is very personal for millions and millions of people. i remember when after my diagnosis they sent me a bracelet and materials from him, and it just is incredibly disillusioning, as it is with other athletes who have been proved to be cheaters. >> i mean, when you think about all of this was built on lies, and i -- that is what is very, very hard to get your head around. andrea. >> and as pete williams points out, there could be legal ramifications ahead of him. >> absolutely. >> thank you, pete. ann, thank you so much. >>> still ahead here a major roadblock clears for chuck hagel. >>> and our women making history continues in the senate
i never wore that bracelet because of lance armstrong. it was a very, very personal thing, and i always wore it as a remembrance of what danny was going through every day in his life that he could never escape cancer, and i always wanted to have it on my wrist so i would always remember his struggle. >> wow. thanks for sharing, but it just brings home that what lance armstrong did and what he represented is very personal for millions and millions of people. i remember when after my...
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that gave us the opportunity to not only work with lance armstrong. but work with literally dozens and dozens and dozens of cancer survivors and people affected by cancer. onkologists, oncologist nurses. people who were good bike riders as we would go in this tour of hope. the crowds would come out to meet lance, but sometimes the last applauses were for the cancer survivors themselves. people challenging cancer and it was very, very moving to all of us. >> but the lance armstrong foundation has raised about $500 million to fight cancer, selling more than 80 million yellow wrist bands. can you say he has done a lot of good in the fight against cancer? >> there's no question that he's done just an awesome job raising cancer to the highest profiles, i believe. i think my concern in the gist of my article in the "washington post" from yesterday is at the end of the day, i think it comes down to integrity and if we lose faith in our institutions and our leadership, you know, i think that in this case, randi, the ends don't necessarily justify the means. i
that gave us the opportunity to not only work with lance armstrong. but work with literally dozens and dozens and dozens of cancer survivors and people affected by cancer. onkologists, oncologist nurses. people who were good bike riders as we would go in this tour of hope. the crowds would come out to meet lance, but sometimes the last applauses were for the cancer survivors themselves. people challenging cancer and it was very, very moving to all of us. >> but the lance armstrong...
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lance armstrong told oprah winfrey used performance enhancing drugs and lied about it for years. the latest data out of china suggests the world's second biggest economy may be getting back on track. analysts have welcomed the news. some have cast doubt over the reliability of the figures. >> they call it the world factor. china has the world's second- largest economy. it is showing signs of rebound that could help it emerge from the worst economic downturn in 30 years. it is good news in the economy that has stagnated. economic stability is vital as the new leaders takeover. there are questions over whether some of the figures tell the whole truth. last month, the export figures had controversy as some experts call in numbers incredible. the figures increased by 14.1% in december. in november, it was just 2.9%. the data is important because it indicates how china is doing and how much money people will want to invest. china says the figures are reliable. >> there are a lot of debates about how accurate the chinese data are. in general, it is problematic. if you compare china to
lance armstrong told oprah winfrey used performance enhancing drugs and lied about it for years. the latest data out of china suggests the world's second biggest economy may be getting back on track. analysts have welcomed the news. some have cast doubt over the reliability of the figures. >> they call it the world factor. china has the world's second- largest economy. it is showing signs of rebound that could help it emerge from the worst economic downturn in 30 years. it is good news in...
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plus the lance armstrong interview. he's denied he doped for years. >> sick and tired of these allegations. they are absolutely untrue. >> the support gave him the boot. >> lance armstrong has no place in cycling. >> now and for the first time lance armstrong says he's opening up about what really happened. >>> and hundreds of people hunting giant snakes. >> the species of the day is ber mes python. >> i have a machete and side arm. >> man verses python in the florida everglades. >> breaking news with lance armstrong. first president obama still supports an assault weapons ban. he admits it may not make it through congress. the president head a news conference and said the ban is one idea he is considering after a list of recommendations from joe biden. it includes legislative proposals and by himself using his presidential powers without the congress. he put them in charge of the gun violence task force after the massacre in newtown. one month from today a mab killed 26 people including 20 first graders. the president
plus the lance armstrong interview. he's denied he doped for years. >> sick and tired of these allegations. they are absolutely untrue. >> the support gave him the boot. >> lance armstrong has no place in cycling. >> now and for the first time lance armstrong says he's opening up about what really happened. >>> and hundreds of people hunting giant snakes. >> the species of the day is ber mes python. >> i have a machete and side arm. >> man...
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how about lance armstrong? has he lost it all? totally ruined? >> i so very little emotion last night. i watched the whole thing. did you achieve for all seven titles? was it all a lie? yes, yes, yes. it was all a lie. when asked, would you be here now if you did not try to come back, he said: no, i would not be back. that man who is worth 125 to $10, think, i think he loses it all. all the little people he insulted along the way, personally, they want some revenge. i do not see anything good coming out from him, unless he needed to clear the air, which he let us know if you would not be there if it was not for the fact that he had to come clean because he had nowhere else to go. stuart: you see, brian, it is the financial angle. it is the money. that is what it is all about. >> it is. i do understand that. if you play a sport in america like soccer, you do not do it for the money. now caught the word is, at 41 years old, he wants to clear the air to be free to run triathlons. i am not sure. there is a part of him that is so competitive. he just
how about lance armstrong? has he lost it all? totally ruined? >> i so very little emotion last night. i watched the whole thing. did you achieve for all seven titles? was it all a lie? yes, yes, yes. it was all a lie. when asked, would you be here now if you did not try to come back, he said: no, i would not be back. that man who is worth 125 to $10, think, i think he loses it all. all the little people he insulted along the way, personally, they want some revenge. i do not see anything...
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for lance armstrong i really doubt it. >> thanks to all of you. we appreciate it. >>> still to come, one american hostage dead in alger ya tonight, but some americans have escaped, and one of them talks to cnn. >>> plus, the president has made gun control a priority. but fewer than half of americans of actually approve of what he's doing. the blooirn, is then ra winning the gun debate. and the arctic tick director of the most famous ballet in the world has been attacked with acid. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or turn 30-million artifacts... ♪ into a high-tech masterpiece? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after
for lance armstrong i really doubt it. >> thanks to all of you. we appreciate it. >>> still to come, one american hostage dead in alger ya tonight, but some americans have escaped, and one of them talks to cnn. >>> plus, the president has made gun control a priority. but fewer than half of americans of actually approve of what he's doing. the blooirn, is then ra winning the gun debate. and the arctic tick director of the most famous ballet in the world has been attacked...
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lance armstrong is finally done with what he calls the big lie. he admitted what many had suspected that he doped. in an interview with oprah winfrey armstrong said he started using performance-enhancing drugs in the 1990s and it would have been impossible to win seven tour de france championships any other way. with that more than a decade of lies and cover-ups was over, so was officially the once untouchable legend erika rear of lance armstrong. >> this story was so perfect for so long. you overcome the disease, you win the tour de france seven times, you have a happy marriages children. i mean it's just this mythic perfect story. >> yes. >> and it wasn't true. >> former cyclist confessed the oprah winfrey and the world in a tv interview to using performance-enhancing drugs for most of his career including seven consecutive tour de france. >> epos ks not a lot, transfusions and testosterone. >> did it feel wrong? >> at the time. >> mm-hmm. >> no. >> but he flatly denied forcing his teammates to dope along with him. >> there was never a direct or
lance armstrong is finally done with what he calls the big lie. he admitted what many had suspected that he doped. in an interview with oprah winfrey armstrong said he started using performance-enhancing drugs in the 1990s and it would have been impossible to win seven tour de france championships any other way. with that more than a decade of lies and cover-ups was over, so was officially the once untouchable legend erika rear of lance armstrong. >> this story was so perfect for so long....
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then lance armstrong. or pinocchio, a favorite of many of the children. though know him to be quite the liar 'cause every time he told a fib, his nose grew. >> brian: we don't remember exactly what pinocchio said. anybody would can provide quotes, we'd appreciate that. keep in mind, lance armstrong went at people and call them liars for calling him a liar. so he was really defiant. >> steve: i just got a list of pinocchio's lies from a fellow identifying himself as gepetto. >> brian: really? that was who made him, right? >> gretchen: was he the father or the father figure? >> steve: the fellow who made him. >> brian: we know so little about pinocchio. >> gretchen: they're supposed to give you a big boost. but energy drinks are make people sick at alarming rates allegedly. >> steve: then talk about catlike reflexes. a cat who wins the shell game every single time. purrrfect ♪ just one bite opens a world of delight... ♪ ♪ with tasty grilled flavor and goodness to savor ♪ ♪ friskies grillers blend. ♪ feed the senses. sven gets great rewards for h
then lance armstrong. or pinocchio, a favorite of many of the children. though know him to be quite the liar 'cause every time he told a fib, his nose grew. >> brian: we don't remember exactly what pinocchio said. anybody would can provide quotes, we'd appreciate that. keep in mind, lance armstrong went at people and call them liars for calling him a liar. so he was really defiant. >> steve: i just got a list of pinocchio's lies from a fellow identifying himself as gepetto. >>...